Dan Bensky graduated from the Macau Institute of Chinese Medicine (Oriental Medicine Diploma, 1975), Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine (Doctor of Osteopathy, 1982), University of Washington (M.A. in Classical Chinese, 1996), and Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medical Sciences (Ph.D. in Discussion of Cold Damage, 2006). He contributed to the translation and editing of several important texts, including Acupuncture: A Comprehensive Text, Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica, and Chinese Herbal Medicine: Formulas & Strategies. Dan is a co-founder of Eastland Press (1981), where he serves as medical editor, and of the Seattle Institute of Oriental Medicine (1994). In 2008, he was awarded the Wang Dingyi Cup International Prize for contributions to Chinese medicine.

He is part of a group that developed Engaging Vitality, an approach that integrated osteopathic concepts and techniques into the practice of East Asian medicine.

Professor Liu, Minru, China's National TCM Master, Director of the National Medical Research Institute of Gynecology, Doctoral Supervisor.

She is now the Honorary Chairman of National Committee of TCM Gynecology; Honorary Professor of School of Chinese Medicine, the University of HongKong; Leading Expert of Chinese Medicine Culture Study Promotion Association(Macau）; TCM Counselor of Macau Health Bureau; Honorary Professor of Macau Association of Chinese Medicine; Consultant Physician of TCM in Tung Wah Group of Hospitals(Hongkong).

She was awarded China's National TCM Master in 2014 and she is the first female who gets the title in China.

Professor Liao, Pingzheng, China's National TCM Master, Professor of Chengdu University of TCM, Ph.D. Supervisor, expert entitled to Government Special Allowance (GSA), China's National TCM Master. She has been awarded as the “National Model Worker of the Education System” and “People’s Teacher”.

Professor Liao has successively hold the posts/titles of Committee Member of the Fifth Session of Subject Consultative Group of the Degree Council of the State Council, Assessment Expert of Science and Technology Award of Chinese Association of Chinese Medicine, Committee Member of the Ophthalmology Branch of the Chinese Association of Chinese Medicine, Distinguished Consultant of the Diabetic Specialized Committee of the Chinese Association of Chinese Medicine, Academic Adviser of the Internal Medicine of Diabetic of World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies, Academic Leader of Sichuan Province, one of the Top Ten Famous Chinese Medicine Doctors of Sichuan Province, Outstanding Teacher of Sichuan Province, Executive Director of Sichuan Association of Chinese Medicine and Vice Chairman of the TCM Branch, Academic Leader of the National Key Principle Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology of Chinese Medicine and the National Key Principle TCM Ophthalmology.

Professor Liao has edited the National College Text Books, such as Chinese Medicine of Ophthalmology, otorhinolaryngology of TCM, and has edited six Designated Textbooks for Adult Education and Self-Taught Examination of Chinese Medicine and seven Teaching Reference Text Books. She is the deputy editor of the A Branch of Great Dictionary of Chinese Culture and she has participated in the editor of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Dictionary and six references books. In recently ten years, she has successively presided over and participated in the “ninth, tenth and eleventh National Key Scientific and Technological Plan”, 863 Program, National New Drug Development, and National Natural Science Foundation. She presided over the “Ninth Five-Year Plan” has won the Sichuan Provincial Scientific and Technological Progress Award(top prize) and the National Advanced Individual Award of the Ministry of Science and Technology. Her new drug “Qiming Granule” has been issued by State Drug and Food Administration. She has published more than thirty papers.

Subject Speakers:

Farong Zhang: Experience in the Flexible Use of Specific Formulas for the Treatment of Diabetes

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Popular things to do around the city include:
• Walk around the world-famous Pike Place Market and see fishermen toss their catch of the day.
• Have a cup of coffee from the very first Starbucks store in the US
• Take a tour of the Boeing Museum of Flight
• Spend a weekend in a cabin on Mt. Rainier
• Paddleboard or Kayak on Lake Washington or Lake Union
• Shop luxury stores from Kate Spade to Tiffany’s at Bellevue Square

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